• refalo@programming.dev
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    15 hours ago

    5 reasons you should not ditch Windows:

    • Your hardware is incompatible or you do not want to fiddle with settings or command lines

    • Your applications/games only work well on native Windows (and not wine)

    • You need serious group policy support or other device/software lockdown methods

    • Your company policy requires it

    • Makes helping Windows users harder if you cannot walk them through the same things they are doing

    Of course if any of these apply you can always dual-boot or use a VM. I’m not saying you shouldn’t use Linux at all.

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      4 hours ago

      Your hardware is incompatible

      I think you’ll have an extremely hard time finding any hardware that supports Windows but can’t run linux. With Win11 requirements it’s much more likely to be the other way around.

      Your applications/games only work well on native Windows

      Personally, every game I care to run works perfectly fine on my Steam Deck. I refuse to play any games that require kernel-level anti-cheat. It’s officially distributed malware if you ask me.

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      12 hours ago

      To me, my activity on my own computer being monitored by Microsoft is the only reason i need to not use it.

      And I do actually think you may be slightly mad to be OK with that. Maybe because you feel you get a “free” operating system. I think thats the mentality of a slave.

    • Luffy@lemmy.ml
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      12 hours ago

      you do not want to fiddle with settings or command lines

      Kinda the reverse for me

      I need to fiddle with Massgrave and various debloat scripts to run win

      Your applications/games only work well on native Windows

      Windows for docker, winboat, etc

      serious group policy support or other device/software lockdown methods

      I would argue sudo and normal file permissions do the same

      Makes helping Windows users harder

      ???